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The best kept secret in Oaxaca: grana cochinilla

(View Details)Submitted By Alvin Starkman, Casa Machaya Oaxaca Bed & Breakfast

Few travelers know that a tiny insect, native to Oaxaca, impacted the world economy for close to 200 years, after the Spanish first arrived in Mexico: the strong natural red dye from the cochineal or cochinilla, a bug living off the nopal cactus.
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